Streaming audio

[Tom Poe]

david walcroft wrote:

> M. Lewis wrote:
>
>> Can anyone point me to a HOWTO on listening to streaming audio from 
>> online radio stations via Firefox? Thus far, nothing I have been able 
>> to find works.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>>
> I'll see if I can help mike,I use www.live365.com the site is easy to 
> navigate.There is usually a 'default' programme for streaming 
> audio,one of these is normal xmms:music 
> player(rthytmbox):Realplayer10gold:mplayer
> it usually happens automagicly,click on a station will bring up a player
> and your away.
>
>   david
>
There's an exciting playlist setup called, www.webjay.com that might be 
worth looking into.
For example, I have Firefox 1.0.4, and am running the CCRMA low-latency 
package from Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music 
and Acoustics.  Alsaplayer plays mp3's, and audacity plays .ogg files.  
So, when I click on webjay's image/link on the SONG STORM playlist page, 
all the mp3 files are "scraped" and deposited in the alsaplayer, and the 
alsaplayer automagically starts the stream.  I can then save the 
playlist and retrieve it, and it is a m3u file of songs.

If you work with the folks at webjay, they'll take you through the 
learning curve on how to maximize your setup to go out, find the tunes, 
and create playlists for you to mix, match, and have fun with.   Just to 
abuse the privilege of posting to the list, I'll also take this 
opportunity to encourage the conversion to only music that is licensed 
for sharing and enjoying by all.  Leave the corporate sleaze to wallow 
in their pig sty.
Tom